The easiest way to remember which word to use is to remember that you’re is a contraction of the words you are. You’
re = you are
. Keep this in your mind if you get a little stuck. Whereas, your = belonging to a person.
What are the 3 different yours?
- your – possessive, the thing belonging to you. See how it ends in “our”? Use that as a reminder. When it belongs to us, it’s our thing. When it belongs to you, it’s your thing.
- you’re – a contraction of the words “you are”. The apostrophe is your signal that the word can be split into two words.
What is the right your to use?
Understanding how to use YOUR and YOU’RE:
Your is the second person possessive adjective, used to describe something as belonging to you.
Your is always followed by a noun or gerund
. You’re is the contraction of “you are” and is often followed by the present participle (verb form ending in -ing).
How do you use your in a sentence?
- Just give him your pen.
- Go deliver your newspapers.
- George is not planning to go to your house.
- Is that your shoe in the ditch?
- You must eat your vegetables before you can play your game.
Is it your or your funny?
“
Your
” is a possessive: “I like your sense of humor.” “You’re” is a contraction for “you are”: “You’re one of the funniest people I know.”
What are () called in English?
two dots over the word, and what it is called when a word is “within” ? – I don’t really know what people call this. They are called
quotation marks
. And in the U.S, the () are called parenthesis, and the [] are called brackets.
Which too do I use?
- ‘To’ is used to show motion, eg “I’m going to the shop.”
- ‘Too’ means ‘also’ or ‘extremely’, eg “I would like to come too but I’m too tired.”
- ‘Two’ means the number 2, eg “Let’s buy two apples.”
Is it your pretty or you’re pretty?
The correct form is obviously
“you’re”
. You’re beautiful! However, “Your beautiful!” sounds the same as the contraction “you’re”, and it’s so common on the net that sometimes I even think it actually looks better, LOL.
What is difference between your and yours?
Ask The Editor | Learner’s Dictionary. Your is an adjective that means “relating to or belonging to you.” Yours is a pronoun that means “that which belongs to you.” Yours is also used in
letter writing as a closing
. Your is less commonly used as a closing in letter writing.
Is it your or you’re welcome?
YOUR is a possessive pronoun. There is nothing possessive in YOUR welcome so you can’t use it in this instance. The correct answer is
YOU’RE
. YOU’RE is a contraction for YOU ARE and the technical phrase is YOU ARE WELCOME.
What is your in grammar?
Your is
the possessive form of the pronoun you
. Your is used as a second-person possessive adjective. This means that the word your is always followed by a noun which belongs to or is associated with you. Some examples: … Your is always followed by a noun or a gerund.
What is the difference between your and you’re example?
Your is possessive
, meaning that something belongs to you or the person you are speaking to. For example, “What is your name?” Or, “Are these your car keys?” You’re is a combination of the words, you and are. … You’re is the words you are put together.
Which is correct grammar?
“which,” there’s a really easy way to tell if you should be using one or the other. It doesn’t work 100% of the time, but it will help with many situations. If you think it might be “which,” try adding the words “of your” or “of” and another pronoun right after it. If that works,
“which” is the correct choice
.
Can you say you are instead of you re?
There is no difference
. You are is normally contracted to you’re in speech, because English doesn’t like two vowels without a consonant to separate them, and one of them gets deleted. Either you’re or you are can be used; speaker’s choice.
How old are you or what is your age?
1 Answer. “How old are you?” is the most common way of
asking for someone’s age
(at least in Australia). The latter certainly sounds very formal and would usually be found on government forms and possibly used verbally in formal situations.
What does you’re * mean?
your/ you’re
You’re is short for “
you are
” and your shows ownership. If you’re getting them mixed up, your secret is safe with us.
